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Menagerie a variety of animals kept together
Mendacious dishonest
Mendicant beggar
Meretricious gaudy; specious; flasely attractive
Mesmerize to hypnotize
Metamorphosis change; transformation
Metaphysics a branch of philosophy tha tinvestigates the ultimate nature of reality
Meteorological concerned with the weather
Meticulous  very careful; picky; fastidious
Mettle courage; endurance
Mettlesome full of courage and fortitude
Microcosm a small system having analogies to a larger system
Militate to work against
Minatory threatening; menacing
Minuscule very small
minutia petty details
misanthrope one who hates humanity
miscellany mixture of writtings on various subjects
miscreant villain; criminal
misogynist one who hates women
mitigate alleviate; to become less severe
mnemonic realated to memory; assisting memory
modicum limited quantity
mollify to soothe
monolithic solid and uniform; constituing a single
morose ill-humored; sullen
motley many colored; made up of many parts
multifarious diverse
mundane worldy as opposed to spiritual
necromancy black magic
negate to cancel out; nullify
neologism new word or expression
neophyte novice; beginner
nexus a means of connection; a center
nonplussed bewildered
nostalgia sentimental longing for a past time
nostrum medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness
nugatory trifling; invalid
obdurate stubborn
obsequious overly submissive
obsequy funeral ceremony
obviate to make unnecessary
occlude to shut; block
occult relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena
odyssey a long, adventurous voyage; a quest
officious too helful; meddlesome
olfactory concerning the sense of smell
oligarchy form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders
onerous burdensome
onomatopoeia formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to
opprobrium public disgrace; contempt
ornithologist scientist who studies birds
oscillate to move back and forth
ostentatious showy; pretentious
overweening presumptuous; arrogant
paean song of joy or triumph
paleonthology study of past geological eras through fossil remains
pallid lacking color or liveliness
panegyric elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
paragon model of perfection or excellence
partisan one-sided; committed to a party
pathological departing from normal condition
patois jargon; a regional dialect
paucity scarcity
pedantic showing off learning
pellucid transparent; easily understood
penchant inclination
penury extreme poverty
peregrination wandering from place to place
peremptory imperative; leaving no choice
perennial present throughout the years; persistent
perfidious faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
perfunctory superficial; performed really as a duty
perigee point in an orbit that is closest to the earth
permeable penetrable
perturb to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious
pervasive spread throughout every part
petulant rude; peevish
phlegmatic unemotional; calm in temperament
phoenix anything that is restored after suffering great destruction

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